Rev. 20.1-3: The imprisonment of the dragon
John sees an angel emerge from an abyss with a key and a chain (20.1)
The angel imprisons the dragon (20.2-3b)
The angel seizes the dragon (20.2a)
The angel binds the dragon for 1,000 years (20.2b)
The angel throws the dragon into the abyss (20.3a)
The angel seals the abyss to keep the dragon from deceiving the nations (20.3b)
Explanation that the dragon must be freed briefly after the thousand years (20.3c)
Rev. 20.4-6: The thousand year reign of the martyrs
20.4: Descriptions of John’s vision
John sees thrones of people given the authority to judge (4a)
John sees the souls of the martyrs decapitated for their Christian testimony (4b)
Description of the martyrs (4c)
They had not worshiped the beast nor received his mark (4c1)
They came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years (4c2)
20.5: Explanatory statements
Explanation that the rest of the dead did not rise until after the thousand years (5a)
Explanation that the content of 20.4 describes the first resurrection (5b)
20.6: Beatitude for those who take part in the first resurrection
Beatitude proper (20.6a)
Three reasons (20.6b)
Rev. 20.7-10: The final defeat of the devil
Satan’s last army is defeated (20.7-9)
20.7: Satan is released
20.8a: Satan deceives and gathers an army from Gog and Magog for battle
20.8b: The size of the army is innumerable
20.9a: The army marches across the earth
20.9b: The army surrounds the city of God’s people
20.9c: Fire from heaven devours the army
Satan is judged (20.10)
20.10a: The devil is thrown into the lake of fire
20.10b: The devil, the beast and the false prophet will be tormented forever
Rev. 20.11-15: The vision of the great throne of judgment
20.11: John sees the one seated on the throne
11a: John sees the throne and the one seated upon it
11b: The earth and the sky recede from view
20.12-13: John sees the dead judged
The first description of the judgment (20.12)
12a: John sees the dead before the throne
12b: The books are opened
12c: The dead are judged according to the books
The second description of the judgment (20.13)
13a: The sea gives up its dead
13b: Death and Hades give up their dead
13c: The dead are judged according to their works
20.14: Death and Hades are judged
14a: Death and Hades are thrown into the lake of fire
14b: Parenthetical explanation about the lake of fire
20:15: All those not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire